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Seeing the Moon: Using Light to Investigate the Moon
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Seeing the Moon: Using Light to Investigate the Moon

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Topic: Light and Spectra

Grade Level: 9-12

Body: Earth's Moon

Mission: Chandrayaan-1 (Earth's Moon), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Earth's Moon)

Science Education Standards:

Science as Inquiry -- Content Standard A

Physical Science -- Content Standard B

Earth and Space Science -- Content Standard D

Science and Technology -- Content Standard E

Short Description: Through the hands-on inquiry based activities, students experiment with light and color, collect and analyze authentic data from rock samples using a reflectance spectrometer, map the rock types of the Moon, and develop theories of the Moon's history.

Source: Moon Mineralogy Mapper


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